Carter plan pushes cost benefit checks for new rules
Bert Lance backs cutting red tape and restoring public confidence, urging mandatory cost benefit analyses for all proposed regulations. The idea, revived from 1974, would require agencies to quantify direct and indirect costs and benefits, despite potential new paperwork.
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Carter
Bert Lance
House
Fement and Budget
Atlanta
Federal Register
94Th
Commission On Federal
Qebshion
Washington
National Canners Association
Food and Drug Administration
Ago
FDA
Capitol Hil
Pencil Makers Sing Praises In August Recognition
The Pencil Makers Association promotes a dedicated August day to honor pencils, noting last year’s 100 billionth pencil produced in the country among 300 types and 70 shades. An average pencil can draw 35 miles of line, write about 45 000 words, and requires 40 materials from 28 countries across 125 steps to make, costing 50 dollars to assemble if all materials were gathered for a single pencil.
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Pencil Makers Association
McDonald’s
United States
Mutual Assured Destruction Under Soviet Civil Defense Study
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report on a private study analyzing how Soviet civil defense measures could blunt U.S. retaliation in a nuclear exchange. The analysis, led by T. K. Jones, suggests high casualty projections in the United States and questions MAD’s credibility, highlighting gaps in U.S. civil defense planning and potential overkill factors.
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Washington
U.S
T. K. Jones
Paul H. Nitze
Jones
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Moscow
Hoth
Letter to the Editor on Danville bus service blame
A reader questions who is at fault for Danville bus service woes, arguing neither the Bus Co. nor City Council is wholly responsible. They blame local ridership and parking habits, noting crowded streets and a lack of patronage, and urge residents to support a funded solution despite tax worries.
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Danville
Bus Co
City Council
Franklin Turnpike
Buckley on ACLU Auction That Brought In About $3000
The Associated Press notes a New Orleans fundraiser where the ACLU auctioned professional services. A symbolic abortion and a free divorce drew bids of about $30 and $19 respectively, sparking economist musings on price, demand, and legality while contemplating future auction ideas.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
ACLU
Israel
Antoine’s
Supreme Court
Doris Duke
J. Whiplash
Noblesse Oblige
Burger Court shifts toward business in term end study
Analysis of 136 opinions shows Chief Justice Burger and Justice Rehnquist as the most conservative and Brennan and Marshall among the most liberal. The term marks stronger corporate sympathy in antitrust and advertising expansion, while civil rights claims face procedural limits and restricted funding for abortion and housing equality.
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Supreme Court
Warren Burger
Earl Warren
Burger Court
Burger
William Rehnquist
Wiliam Brennan
Sylvania
Piper
Chris-Craft
General Electric
Gilbert
Neamsters
U.S
Trans World Airlines
Hardison
Bates
Arizona
Missouri
Connecticut
Congress
Gautreaux
Arlington Heights Village
Arlington Heights
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Stalin
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
William F. Buckley Jr
Joseph Kraft
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